HI! I bought a house in Connecticut last june that has a inground pool that hasnt been open in at least 2 years. I didnt have all that much time to work with it last year since i moved in halfway through the season and had a lot of other things to take care of on the house. I did however manage to get the pump up and running and tried shocking the pool and some algecide with not much luck. the pool had and has a lot of old leaves in it. after my initial shock i was able to get the pool to a very cloudy whitish/blue color but never able to get it clear or swimmable. i tried a few other chemicals that the pool supply store recommended without much luck. pretty much ran out of money and season. i should also mention its a salt water pool...currently with a ver low level of salt in it. i also noticed when taking the filter apart for winter, the cartridge was really dirty and probably not doing much (its a DE filter) anyways....
my question is...do you think i should drain the pool and start over from scratch? is this the a cheaper alternative to just dumping tons of chemicals in hopes it will clear up? i have a feeling the bottom of the deep end still has a lot of old leaf material and its keeping the pool from getting clean. also its a salt water setup but ive been told by a few people its cheaper to just get it running as a chlorine pool for now and bypass the salt generator? and then other people say those people just never had a salt pool before. ive had an above ground chlorine pool before and ran it myself for a few years so im not completely clueless just a little overwhelmed by this giant inground beauty. i def want to get it running early this spring so we can enjoy it.
thanks for any suggestions in advance
my question is...do you think i should drain the pool and start over from scratch? is this the a cheaper alternative to just dumping tons of chemicals in hopes it will clear up? i have a feeling the bottom of the deep end still has a lot of old leaf material and its keeping the pool from getting clean. also its a salt water setup but ive been told by a few people its cheaper to just get it running as a chlorine pool for now and bypass the salt generator? and then other people say those people just never had a salt pool before. ive had an above ground chlorine pool before and ran it myself for a few years so im not completely clueless just a little overwhelmed by this giant inground beauty. i def want to get it running early this spring so we can enjoy it.
thanks for any suggestions in advance